Health Care Costs: The Role of Technology and Chronic Conditions Bruce Chernof, MD President & CEO Alliance for Health Reform: Health Care Cost Series May 29, 2012
Chronic Conditions & Functional Limitations Together Explain High Per-Person Medicare Spending Source: H. Komisar & J. Feder, Transforming Care for Medicare Beneficiaries with Chronic Conditions and Long-Term Care Needs: Coordinating Care Across All Services, The SCAN Foundation, October 2011.
Medicare Spends More, Per Capita, on Seniors with Chronic Conditions and Functional Impairment than Seniors with Only Chronic Conditions DataBrief (2011) ● No. 22 Page 3 Annual Per Capita Medicare Spending in 2006, by Number of Chronic Conditions and Presence of Functional Impairment 1 1 N = 22,104,694 with any chronic conditions and no functional impairment, N = 3,562,347 with any chronic conditions and functional impairment. Excludes beneficiaries who died during 2006.
Dual Eligibles are Less than Half of Medicare Enrollees with Chronic Conditions and Functional Limitations Source: H. Komisar & J. Feder, Transforming Care for Medicare Beneficiaries with Chronic Conditions and Long-Term Care Needs: Coordinating Care Across All Services, The SCAN Foundation, October 2011.
What people really want…
Our mission is to advance the development of a sustainable continuum of quality care for seniors. Our vision is a society where seniors receive medical treatment and human services that are integrated in the setting most appropriate to the their needs and with the greatest likelihood of a healthy, independent life. For more information and to subscribe for alerts, please visit us at Follow us on Find us on Facebook The SCAN Foundation